judging a girl by her writing....
So, as part of my Contributing Editor gig, I'm supposed to pitch 4-6 events per week, and then write up about the same number. Some weeks are slower than others, and sometimes I get overworked/lazy and don't pitch enough - in which case Matt, my managing editor, assigns me a few open listing to cover.
He's been reading my pitches and writing for the last year or two, and generally knows what sorts of genres and types of events I like to cover and can knowledgeably write about. However, this week's batch of events has hit an eclectic high point. In case anyone's interested in the depth/breadth of what I have to cover, today I was assigned:
1. The Hives/The Donnas (ok, arguably, I pitch a lot of indie, punk, garage, and girl-power type stuff, and I wrote a feature on the Donnas for a different pub last year. But the Hives? Really? They're still around?)
2. Velvet Goldmine screening at local arty rep house (I'm impressed with Matt's intuition here - I love me some mod boys and glam-rockers in tight pants, gay innuendo included)
3. Wondercon - a convention of comics nerds and sci-fi junkies (I think Matt gave me this one because I covered last year's Alternative Press Expo, which draws a somewhat similar crowd and is produced by the same group. This group also produces the huuuuge Comicon down in San Diego every year. Then again, maybe Matt just thinks I'm a huge freaking nerd.)
4. Alvin Ailey Dance Theater (I actually pitched this one.)
He's been reading my pitches and writing for the last year or two, and generally knows what sorts of genres and types of events I like to cover and can knowledgeably write about. However, this week's batch of events has hit an eclectic high point. In case anyone's interested in the depth/breadth of what I have to cover, today I was assigned:
1. The Hives/The Donnas (ok, arguably, I pitch a lot of indie, punk, garage, and girl-power type stuff, and I wrote a feature on the Donnas for a different pub last year. But the Hives? Really? They're still around?)
2. Velvet Goldmine screening at local arty rep house (I'm impressed with Matt's intuition here - I love me some mod boys and glam-rockers in tight pants, gay innuendo included)
3. Wondercon - a convention of comics nerds and sci-fi junkies (I think Matt gave me this one because I covered last year's Alternative Press Expo, which draws a somewhat similar crowd and is produced by the same group. This group also produces the huuuuge Comicon down in San Diego every year. Then again, maybe Matt just thinks I'm a huge freaking nerd.)
4. Alvin Ailey Dance Theater (I actually pitched this one.)